Hair curler and waver



A. V. F. MARTIN.

HAIR CURLER AND WAVER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, I92I.

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Application filed April 9, 1921.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, ALFRED V. P. Mine TIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of N ew York, have invented a new and Improved Hair Curler and Waver, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to hair curlers such as shown and described in the Letters Patent of the United States No. 1,354,117, granted to me on September 28, 1920.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved hair curler and waver arranged to enable the user to curl the hair or to wave it by correspondingly applying the device to the hair.

Another object is to hold securely the hair in position and to prevent accidental open-v ing of the hair curler and waver.

Another object is to permit the user to readily open the device to apply it to the hair, to close it after positioning the hair for curling or waving as desired, and to release the hair after the curling or waving operation is completed, and without danger of entangling the hair.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the'invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in

which similar characters of reference indi-1 cate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved hair curler and waver with the parts in open position;

Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation of the improved hair curler and waver with a` strand of hair woimd on the locking member and clamped in position between the locking and frame members, the section being on the line 2 2 of Figure 3;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the same;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the improved hair curler and waver with the parts in initial position on a strand of hair for forming a tight curl;

Figure 5 is a similar View of the same with the parts in position after the iirst winding of the device on a strand of hair;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 197232.

serial no. 459,969.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the improved hair curler and waver as applied for waving a bunch of hair; and

Figure 7 is a cross section of the same and showing two hair curleis and wavers in spaced relation on the same bunch of hair for waving the same.

T he improved hair curler and waver consists of a frame member 10 and a locking member 11, of which the frame member 10 is preferably in the form of an open frame made of wire and having side arms 12 connected with each other at the forward and rear ends by crossbars 13 and lil. The locking member 11 is preferably made from a single piece or strip of spring material such as steel, and the piece is doubled up to provide two normally overlying parts 15 and 16 and an elongated eye 17 at the bend of the piece, and through this eye 17 extends the rear crossbar 141 of the frame member 10. By the arrangement described the locking member 11 is mounted to swing up and down and to slide lengthwise on the rear crossba-r 14. of the frame member 10. The width of the locking member 11 is slightly less than the distance between the side arms 12 to allow the locking member 11 to pass between the said side bars. It will be noticed that the parts 15 and 16 are normally in contact and thus constitute a single member for winding a strand of hair around it, and the said parts 15, 16 are adapted to be pried apart by the user with the eye 17 forming a fulcrum to allow of passing a strand or a bunch of hair between the said parts 15 and 16. When the locking member 11 is in rearmost position, as shown in Figure 1, then the free end of this locking member is spaced from the crossbar 13 to allow of swinging the locking member 11 up or down and to pass the free end of the locking member 11 under the crossbar 13 on sliding the locking member 11 forward to interlock the free end of the locking member 11 with the crossbar 13, as illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and 6.

ln using the device for lightly curling a strand of hair 20, the strand is preferably wound around the locking member 11 at the time the two members 10 and 11 are in open position, and then the locking member 11 is swung downward and moved lengthwise forward to interlock the free end of the locking member 11 with the crossbar 13, as plainly shown in Figures 2 and 3, to

clamp the curled hair between t-he members 10 and 11.

When it is desired to malre a tight curl, then the overlying parts 15 and 16 of the locking member 11 are pried apart, as shown in Figure il, and the strand of hair 21 is passed between the said parts, after which they are released to allow the said parts by their own resiliency to clamp the strand of hair 21 between the parts. y The member 10 is now turned to wind up the desired portion o-f the strand of hair, after which the locking member 11 is interloclred with the framemember 10, the same as above de.- scribed in reference to the showing in Figures 2 and 3.

When it is desired to wave a bunch of hai-r 22, the parts 15 and 16 of the locking member 11 are pried apart at the time the members 10 and`11 are in open position, and then the bunch of hair 22 is passed between the pried open parts 15, 16 and then the parts 15 and 16 are released to allow them to clamp the bunch of hair between them by their own resiliency. The user now gives a half turn to the locking member 11 to double up the bunch of hair 22 (see Figure 7) after which the frame member 10 is swung onto the doubled-up portion of the bunch of hair and then the two memebrs 10 and 11 are interloclred the same as above described relative to t-he curling shown in Figures 2 and 3. It will be noticed that by this arrangement a portion of the bunch of hair 22 is clamped between the parts 15 and 16 and another portion of the same bunch of hair is clamped between the two members 10 and 11, as will be readily understood by reference to Figures 6 and 7. In order to wave the bunch of hair 22 throughout its length a number of hair curlers and wavers as described are used and applied to the bunch of hair 22 in spaced relation, as indicated in Figure 7. The devices are left on the bunch of hair a desired length of time, after which the members 10 and 11 are unlocked and removed from the bunch ol hair thereby leaving the same in wavy condition.

The hair curler and wa-ver shown and described is very simple and durable in construction and is composed of but two parts not liable to get easily out of order.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1., As' a new article of manufacture, a hair curler and waver, comprising a frame member, and av locking member, said locking member comprising a. pair of integral spring tongues connected at one end and movable toward and away from each other throughout the length thereof, said locking member having at one end an elongated eye receiving one end of the frame member and having pivotal and longitudinal movement thereon.

Y 2; As a new article of manufacture, a hair curler and waver, comprising a frame member, and a locking member, said locking member comprising a pair of spring tongues normally together, said locking member having an elongated eye at one end thereof receiving one end of the frame member and permitting pivotal and longitudinal movement of the locking member relative to the frame member.

3. As anart-icle of manufacture, a hair curler and waver, comprising a frame member and a locking member, the latter being formed of a single piece of spring material doubled up to provide two normally overlying part's, the bend of the piece engaging one end of the frame member, the said parts of the locking member being .adapted to be pried to receive a port-ion of a bunch of hair between them, the free end ofone member being adapted to be interlocled with the free end of the'other member to clamp another portion of the same bunch of hair between themembers.

4. As an article of manufacture, a hair curler' and waver, comprising-a fra-me member and a locking member, the latter being formed of a single piece of spring material doubled up to provide` two normally overlying parts, the bend of the piece forming an Aelongated eye slidingly and pivotally enga-ging one end of the frame member, the

said parts of the locking member beingl adapted to' be pried apart to receive ay portion of abunch of` hair between them, the

free end ofthe one member being adapted to be interlocked with the freeend ofthe other member to clamp another portion of the same bunch of hair between the members.

ALFRED V. P. MARTN. 

